Suzanne Shepherd
Acting Born Oct 31, 1934 United States of America 24 credits
Biography
Suzanne Shepherd was an American actress and theater director. She is best known for her portrayal of Karen's overbearing mother in the film Goodfellas, Carmela Soprano's mother Mary De Angelis in the HBO television series The Sopranos, and the assistant school principal in Uncle Buck. Shepherd studied acting with Sanford Meisner, and later went on to teach Meisner's program of acting study, the first woman to do so. She was a founding member of the Compass Players in the early 1960s, along with such other actors as Alan Alda and Alan Arkin.
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Full filmography
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Old Woman
- Law & Order (1990) as Arraignment Judge Victoria Sawyer
- Blue Bloods (2010) as Lucille Abetemarco
- The Sopranos (1999) as Mary DeAngelis
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) as Joan
- Third Watch (1999) as Sheats
- GoodFellas (1990) as Karen's Mother
- Lolita (1997) as Miss Pratt
- Talking Sopranos (2020) as Self
- Requiem for a Dream (2000) as Mrs. Scarlini
- Deadline (2000) as Connie Masucci
- Uncle Buck (1989) as Mrs. Hogarth
- Jacob's Ladder (1990) as Hospital Receptionist
- Working Girl (1988) as Trask Receptionist
- Mystic Pizza (1988) as Aunt Tweedy
- A Dirty Shame (2004) as Big Ethel
- The Week Of (2018) as Aunt Iris
- Bullet (1996) as Cookie Stein
- Money Kings (1998) as Agnes
- Trees Lounge (1996) as Jackie
- Choke (2008) as Waitress
- Living Out Loud (1998) as Mary
- I Hate Valentine's Day (2009) as Edie
- Never Again (2001) as Mother